General Solution of the Reactor Kinetic Equations

Autor: C. W. Cox, G. R. Keepin
Rok vydání: 1960
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Zdroj: Nuclear Science and Engineering. 8:670-690
ISSN: 1943-748X
0029-5639
DOI: 10.13182/nse60-a25852
Popis: The reactor kinetic equations are reduced to an integral form convenient for explicit numerical solution, involving no approximations beyond the usual space-independent assumption. Numerical evaluation is performed by the RTS (Reactor Transient Solution) code, written in FORTRAN II for the IBM-704 computer. The characteristic roots and residues which arise in this method of solution were computed and are tabulated for each of the main fissile species. Analvtic or point-function reactivity variation may be introduced, together with constant or time-varying reactivity compensation, and the resulting power response, total energy release, and compensated reactivity computed precisely as functions of time. The code solves the general non-equilibrium kinetics problem with extraneous sources, the customary equilibrium solution being a special case of the general solution. Practical use of the method is demonstrated through computed response curves for representative reactivity-addition functions in various types of chainreacting systems. (auth)
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